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    The Pont de l'Alma (English: Alma Bridge) is a road bridge in Paris, France, across the Seine. It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the...
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    The Place de la Concorde (French: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]; lit. 'Concord Square') is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 ha (19...
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    Pont de l'Alma station is a station on the RER C line of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the Réseau Express Régional (RER). The station...
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    The Place Charles de Gaulle (French: [plas ʃaʁl də ɡol]), historically known as the Place de l'Étoile (French: [plas də letwal]), is a large road junction...
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    gray-and-black marble. It is located near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma, on the Place Diana, in the 16th arrondissement. It was offered to Paris in 1989...
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    injuries sustained earlier that night in a fatal car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France. Diana's partner, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of...
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    those days of the early 18th century. The present name comes from Michel de Montaigne, a writer of the French Renaissance. In the 19th century, the street...
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    1922. The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux is set in a café on Place de l'Alma. "Paris et ses quartiers" (PDF). apur.org (in French). Atelier parisien...
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    George V is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It starts at Place de l'Alma, and ends at No. 99 avenue des Champs-Elysées. It marks the western...
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    It became an unofficial memorial to Diana. The Place de l'Alma was renamed Place Diana princesse de Galles in 2019. Following her death, several countries...
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    The Place de Dublin is a square in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. According to the book Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris by French historian...
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    western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed...
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    Paris Place de la Concorde Pont Alexandre III Pont de l'Alma Pont de la Concorde Pont des Invalides Salle Gaveau The Scots Kirk (l'Église écossaise de Paris)...
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    Avenue Kléber, which goes to the Place Charles de Gaulle; and the Avenue du Président Wilson, which goes to the Pont de l'Alma and the Seine. There is a large...
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    Paris (redirect from Département de Paris)
    the Promenade des Berges de la Seine (2013), built on a former highway on the left bank of the Seine between the Pont de l'Alma and the Musée d'Orsay, has...
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    or Judith Magre. The play is set in the café "chez Francis" in the Place de l'Alma in the Chaillot district of Paris. A group of corrupt corporate executives...
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    of Wales, by vote of the Council of Paris in 2018. The place is just north of the Pont de l'Alma Tunnel, where Princess Diana was killed along with two...
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    steam-powered pumps (called "the Constantine" and "the Augustine") near the Place de l'Alma which drew water from the Seine and sent it uphill to be stored in...
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    de la place André-Masson Square de la place Dauphine Square de la place de Bitche Square de la place de la Bataille de Stalingrad Square de la place de...
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    one passed 'pont Mirabeau' (later 'Javel'), 'pont de Grenelle', 'de la Bourdonnais' and 'pont de l’Alma' before reaching the 'Invalides' terminus.[citation...
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    Sainte-Marie-Madeleine), or less formally, La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis...
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    Place de Clichy (French pronunciation: [plas də kliʃi]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Paris Metro Line 2 and Line 13 at the junction of the...
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    belt and by the fact that the Mercedes struck the pillar in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel rather than colliding with something else." Active in disputing...
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    at Place de l'Étoile, it took on the additional name of President Charles de Gaulle in 1970. The station is located under the northern part of Place Charles-de-Gaulle...
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    the Place de l'Alma) to Place Charles de Gaulle. It was originally decreed on 13 August 1854 and only ran between the Rue Circulaire and then-Place de l'Étoile...
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    (230 ft) wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located. It is known...
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    8667778; 2.3230833 The hôtel de la Marine (also known as the hôtel du Garde-Meuble) is an historic building located on place de la Concorde in Paris, to the...
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    high schools: Lycée Victor-Duruy Établissement La Rochefoucauld Institut de l'Alma Lycée-collège Paul-Claudel Lycée d'Hulst Lycée Sainte-Jeanne Elisabeth...
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    Another Voice, at Rodin's retrospective in a temporary pavilion at the Place de l'Alma [fr] during the Exposition Universelle in 1900. The work was initially...
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    crash in the tunnel under the Pont de l'Alma in 1997. The square east of the metro entrance is officially named Place Diana, in her memory. The Zouave,...
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